No discount for OAP (unless on benefits) but OK for new members?

[PhilipBenstead007]

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[Drago]

Household membership

My house doesn't ride a bike.

 

[PeteXXX]

My membership expired on 7th December. I had the same email today & might just rejoin at the new reduced price!

 

[PaulSB]

So is this thread for information or a moan about no OAP discount? I find pensioner discounts are increasingly rare and rightly so unless the individual is on benefits.

Re the insurance. I would urge anyone joining Cycling UK "for the insurance" to check the small print. I'm a BC member for the insurance.

I had a major RTC in June. The BC solicitors are handling my PI claim and I'm very happy with the service. The bike insurance though is cr@p. I was offered "current market value" that is secondhand value. My household insurance paid out new for old on the bike, kit, helmet and Wahoo. I got five times what the BC insurance offered.

 

[Moodyman]

It would be wrong of me to ridicule our elderly community, but there are others who would say that:

1. Boomers are the wealthiest cohort in society and,
2. benefitted disproportionately from the post-war wealth creation.

So, don’t need the discounts.

 

[rogerzilla]

Also, an enormous proportion of CTC members will be pensioners so they'd be losing a lot of income.

It's like when OnlyFans banned adult content, realised that was where virtually all their revenue came from, and unbanned it six days later.

 

[iandg]

Discount is only to attract new members. If a pensioner joins as a new member they get a discount, right?

 

[Chris S]

I find pensioner discounts are increasingly rare and rightly so unless the individual is on benefits.

You are Keir Starmer AICMFP

 

[Drago]

You are Keir Starmer AICMFP

We'll know you're right if he gone back on it by page 2.

 

[classic33]

So is this thread for information or a moan about no OAP discount? I find pensioner discounts are increasingly rare and rightly so unless the individual is on benefits.

Re the insurance. I would urge anyone joining Cycling UK "for the insurance" to check the small print. I'm a BC member for the insurance.

I had a major RTC in June. The BC solicitors are handling my PI claim and I'm very happy with the service. The bike insurance though is cr@p. I was offered "current market value" that is secondhand value. My household insurance paid out new for old on the bike, kit, helmet and Wahoo. I got five times what the BC insurance offered.

I had similar when I was a member of the CTC. The legal advice and insurance was crap, despite having read the small print before sending anything. Was asked/expected to settle for £100* as "it was only a bike after all".
At the time it was my transport to and from work, in an out of the way place, travelling at unsociable hours. Sending a copy of the receipt for the two tyres bought the previous week did little to change the amount offered.

@PhilipBenstead007, would someone who was a member before the last rebrand came into effect, be considered a new member?
I was a CTC member, but never a Cycling UK member. No record of the CTC membership held by Cycling UK. There's every chance there's others in a similar situation.

*Way less than 10% of the value of the bike, recently serviced with the entire drivetrain being replaced at the end of the previous month. Ready for a longer commute coming up, to try and keep the job.

 

[PhilipBenstead007]

AGAIN there is no such organisation as CYCLING UK

President: Jon Snow
Chief Executive: Sarah Mitchell
Cycling UK is a trading name of Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC) a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 25185. Registered as a charity in England and Wales charity no: 1147607 and in Scotland charity no: SC042541. Registered office: Parklands, Railton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 9JX.
Copyright © CTC 2024

 

[PaulSB]

AGAIN there is no such organisation as CYCLING UK

President: Jon Snow
Chief Executive: Sarah Mitchell
Cycling UK is a trading name of Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC) a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 25185. Registered as a charity in England and Wales charity no: 1147607 and in Scotland charity no: SC042541. Registered office: Parklands, Railton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 9JX.
Copyright © CTC 2024

and?

You did link to the, non-existent, cycling UK website!

I'm still not clear if you're simply advertising or complaining at the lack of OAP discount?

 

[PaulSB]

You are Keir Starmer AICMFP

Sorry I don't know what AICMFP means but, no, I'm not Keir Starmer. As a pensioner, I'm 70, I don't need discounts, and, while I'm happy to take any discount coming my way, I've no problem with paying full price for something. There are too many people in this country who expect somebody else to pay for everything.

Pensioners on benefits is an entirely different matter. It's a shame on our society that a pensioner should have to claim benefits.

 

[classic33]

AGAIN there is no such organisation as CYCLING UK

President: Jon Snow
Chief Executive: Sarah Mitchell
Cycling UK is a trading name of Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC) a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 25185. Registered as a charity in England and Wales charity no: 1147607 and in Scotland charity no: SC042541. Registered office: Parklands, Railton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 9JX.
Copyright © CTC 2024

But it is a trading name of The Cyclist Touring Club, which in itself is a limited company.

 

[mjr]

Sorry I don't know what AICMFP means but, [...]

And I Claim My Five Pounds, as said when you spotted a tabloid newspaper "celebrity"/mascot in your town: Lobby Lud, Chalkie White, or whoever. I think @Drago worked or grew up among the tabloid classes.